Computing counter-measure.



P. I. GOODENOW. COMPUTING COUNTER MEASURE.

APPLICATION FILED 13170.26, 1905.

Patent-ed Feb. 23, 1909.

V twenty cents per yard and increase by fives reference to this chart that drawing, in whichany other number, butsuch chart would five-cent intervals from man that nrur an FRED I. GOODENOW, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURL' COMPUTING COUNTER ME ASURE To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED I. GOODENOW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Computing Counter-Measures, of which the following is a s ecification. 4

his invention relates to computing counter measuresv and my object is to' produce a device of this character by which the salesman may measure off a portion of a yard of goods, and b reference to said device see instantly the money value of sucl length at the price per yard of such goo s. A

With this general object in" view and others as hereinafter explained, the invention consists in certain novel, and peculiar features of construction and organization as hereinafter described and clainfed; and 1n order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying 1* rgure 1, is a plan or face view of the device, broken awa between its ends. Fi 2-is a section on t e line IIII of Fig. 1. l ig. 3, is an enlargement of Fig. 2, with the chart and transparent late omitted.

In the said drawings, Aindicates a chart printed on cardboard or other suitable material and containing parallel longitudinal lines a, andat one or both ends of yard represented by each line. In the drawings the prices per yard begin with u to 'and including two dollars per yard. I desired the chart could be made to indicate "prices per yard increasing by ones or obviously be undesirably large. Each of such longitudinal lines furthermore bears aduations representative of cent values ut for convenience is numbered only at the left to right, for instance 5, 10, .15, etc. It will thus be seen that the cheaper the goods the greater the distance between the gradua trons as'indicated most clearly by the spacerepresentative of five-cent values in the drawings. It will also be apparent by if a purchaserdeslrs fifty-five cents worth of goods at two dollars per yard, for instance, the sales- Specificationof Letters Patent. Application filed December 26, 1905.

man can place the goods on the $2.00-

Patented Feb. 23, 1909. Serial No. 293,152.

line and measure ofi from left to right on such line to the number 55 thereon, such distance representing the length of the piece of goods to be delivered for that 'amount of money.

1) indicates longitudinally extending yard measures at o posite sides of the series of lines a, there being two of such measures though one could be dispensed with, and contiguous to each of said yard measures are longitudinal spaces 0, from left to right the b u 3 2]), 3 g etc. in order that the 'ofi the fractional without any mental computation. For convenience this chart is mounted in a rectangular frame 1, of brass or other suitable metal, the frame bein rectan ular in crosssection. The inner. edges of the front and rear sides of the frame are beveled as shown at 2, and for the purpose of'protecting the face of the chart from defacement or in ury, a glass or other transparent plate 3 is fitted in the frame above the chart. 4 indicates a slidable indicator connecting and resting upon the front and rear'sides of the frame, and secured by screw bolt 5 to the underside of said slidable indicator is a plate 6, havin abeveled end 7 fitting under the bevele edge of the opposing side of the frame, such side being preferably the front side.

- 8'indicates a longitudinal slot in said indicator bar near its o posite end and 9 a screw bolt extending t rough the same from the upper side, a washer 10 bridging said slot between the headof the-screw bolt and the bar. Screw bolt 9 engages a slidable plate 1 1 at the underside of thebar, provided with'a beveled end 12, to engage the beveled under side 2 of the rear side of the frame. By the arran ement of these plates the bar is held reli b y on the frame and said plates fit so snugly that the bar v hile easily adjustable always maintains a position at right angles to the longitudinal hues and yard measures on the chart. By loosening screw-bolt 9, it can be adjusted in the slot for the purpose of withdrawing locking late 11 from engagement with the contiguous side bar of part of a yard desired upon which appear the frame, thus permitting the indicator bar to be removed from the frame if desired.

'For convenience in measuring and computing the indicator bar contains on its face the prices per yard, said figures being disposed in alinement with the numbers r'epits face a series of longitudinal lines and at resenting price per yard at opposite ends of f the chart, and to hold the chart and glass plate reliably in the frame lugs 13 carried by ghe frame underlie the chart as shown in ln practice the chart is preferably secured on the counter and if desirable it may be countersunk therein. The indicator while not indispensable will be found of great convenience, for instance, should a customer desire three-sixteenths of a yard of goods at $1.70 per yard the salesman by moving said indicatorbar to register with 1 1; can measure such goods from dicator the intersection of the barand such line showing the money value ofthe piece of oods measured.

fiaving thus described the invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A computin counter measure, prising a rectangular frame, a chart secured therein contaimng a series of longitudinal lines and at one end thereof numbers indicative of the prices of a yard of goods and along such lines numbers indicatlve of the bar and pro ecting below the inner edge of the opposite-side of the frame.

2. A comput' counter-measure, comprising a rectangfi and rear sides beveled at their inner edges and lower sides, a chart therein bearing on along the length of each com.

ar frame having its front one end of each of said lines a number indicative' of the price of a yard of goods and along the length of each line numbers indicative of the price of fractional parts of va yard and a yard measure paralleling said longitudinal lines, a transversely extending bar mounted on the frame and having a plate provided with a beveled end projecting under the beveled edge of the contiguous side of the frame and an ad'ustable beveled plate projecting under the eveled edge of the opposite side of the frame and 'also carried by said transversely extending bar.

3, A computin counter-measure, comprising a rectangu ar frame having its front andrear sides beveled at their inner edges and lower sides, a chart therein bearing on its face a series of longitudinal lines and at one end of each of said lines a number indicative of the price of a ard of goods and line numbers indicative of the price of fractional arts of a yard, and a yard measure para elin'g said longitudinal lines, a transversely extending bar mounted on the frame and having a plate provided with a beveled end projecting under the beveled edge of the contiguous side of the frame, and an ad'ustablebeveled plate projecting under the eveled edge of the opposite si e of the frame, and a transparent plate fitting in the frame and interposed between the chart and the plates carried by said transverse'bar.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signa- "ture, in the presence of two witnesses.

, FRED I. GoonENoW Witnesses:

H. 0. Reverse, G. Y. Tnonrn. 

